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The 3,000 mark
by ozziepost inhave you noticed?
we're approaching 3,000 registered posters on this board.
when i 'signed up' some 8 months ago there were around 500. so simon has welcomed 2,500 new arrivals during that time.
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Witnesses instructed not to harbor private ideas
by cyberguy intoday's watchtower lesson instructs witnesses not to think for themselves when it comes to bible understanding:.
augest 1, 2001, p. 14, par.
first, since "oneness" is to be observed, a mature christian must be in unity and full harmony with fellow believers as far as faith and knowledge are concerned.
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Witness phrases that have no Biblical support
by cyberguy inwhen out in the ministry, jw's are quick to tell householders that the bible doesn't teach the "trinity" or the "rapture," because these words don't occur in the bible, well how about the following expressions?.
(1) governing body.
(2) the "composite sign" jesus gave.
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Nit-Picking
by Vitameatavegamin inhello friends;.
this is your vitameatavegmin girl.
anyway, a topic that has been on my mind for a while is that of sterilization(vasectomies, tubal ligations), there was a questions from readers in a wt about 2 years ago on whether or not it was proper to get these surgeries.
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Need Help RE: Daniel 1:1, 2:1...
by TheApostleAK incan anyone tell me why the society has put their own bent on daniel 1:1 & 2:1?
the only decent reference why, is in the 1946 equipped book.. is it only cos the wt hasn't realised that daniel was using the assession system at dan 1:1 (and the rest of his book) and jeremiah was using the non-assession at jer.
25:1 (and the rest of his letter)??.
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Role of Theology and Bias in Bible Translation
by cyberguy inhas anyone read rolf furuli's book, the role of theology and bias in bible translation -- with a special look at the new world translation of jehovah's witnesses?
i found it somewhat interesting that one of his few complaints with the nwt, is that people ought to be able to make an informed choice; he then sites the removal of important information regarding christ's parousia in the latest large print edition of the nwt.
the original version (the large print dark green bible, published in the early 1960's), mentions deissmann's alternative data for parousia being used with the sense of "arrival" in extra-bibleical papyri (see pp.
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A brief summary of life as one of JW's
by Angst inthank you stacey and individual's wife!
i appreciate your comments and encouragement.
the ex-witnesses i am in communication with are family and they are very hateful towards the witnesses.
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UNITED NATIONS , NGO's and WTBS
by MacHislopp infollowing the link given by kent,.
i have several observation to make:.
(from the link : http://www.un.org/moreinfo/ngolink/brochure.htm).
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Validity of 607 BCE date
by stevieb1 inhas anyone on here ever come across the tiniest shred of evidence supporting this date for the fall of jerusalem.
i understand rolf furuli is about to but something out on this subject (see elihubooks.com), however even a table of contents has been a long time in coming from this site.
if no evidence exists what can he possibly be writing about?
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Where Do I Go Now? Is There An Answer??
by individual inwith all the problems in the 'truth' and all the things that we know are wrong with it there seems to be aspects of their theology (i.e the sequences of the world powers, statue in daniel, the promise of world restoration again found in daniel) that to me still make sense.
although i cannot follow a religion that believes in the destruction of all humanity barring those that respond to their own preaching work i still believe in a creator and cannot accept the teachings of other religions that have no purpose for the earth and believe that mankinds only destiny is in heaven.
my mind keeps telling me that if god was behind a religion it would be so much better than that of the jws.